Noonan, Rendeiro win NCCC titles for Falcons
“It was a good opportunity for the kids this winter,” Avon coach Al Dadario said.
At the NCCC championships, the Avon girls were eighth led by senior Brianna Noonan, who came up with two clutch jumps to win the high jump with a leap of five feet. The Avon boys finished seventh, led by Greg Rendeiro, who won the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 11.75 inches.
Locked in a tight match with Ellington’s Sarah Moore, Noonan cleared 4-foot-10 with her third and final jump to remain alive. Moore missed all three jumps at five feet but because she had made all of her previous jumps, Noonan had to clear five feet or finish second. On her third and final try, she cleared five feet to win.
At the Class M meet, Noonan took second in the high jump with a leap of 4-10. The winner, Ashley Raymond of Career High in New Haven cleared 5-foot-4.
This is the second year for Avon girls competing in indoor track. The Avon boys had a team in the 1960s and 1970s.